A larger body doesn’t necessarily mean you have ‘clinical obesity’, according to a proposed new definition of the ...

Popular GLP-1 medications approved for weight loss, diabetes, and heart disease may have untapped potential to treat substance abuse disorders, psychosis, infections, cancer and dementia, a sweeping ...

An international team of doctors proposed a new way to define obesity that's not based solely on BMI. Here's what they ...

The Lancet Commission has declared obesity a disease. With enough controversy to fill a buffet table, their new definition is ...

These chemicals may also be linked to the widespread consumption of ultra-processed foods, like chips, candies, and sodas. Studies show that people who eat a lot of these foods tend to weigh more, and ...

A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial ...

New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and take into account health ...

The Lancet, a global medical journal that works with academics to identify issues in public health, hosted a Commission on ...

A panel of health experts looking at obesity announced that the definition of the condition should be split into two ...

Novo sells semaglutide as Ozempic and Rybelsus for diabetes and as Wegovy for obesity. In price talks, CMS will treat the ...

Instead of using the controversial body mass index, or BMI, to assess weight, an international group of scientists proposes ...

Understanding the definition of obesity: experts examine the limitations of body-mass index (BMI) and propose alternative ...